You’re beautiful. So very, very beautiful. Beauty comes from inside out. Self-care is about taking a few moments out of the humdrum of life for the peace of your mind, body and soul. And we believe that pampering yourself is the purest form of self-indulgence and care.
We see beauty as an opportunity to discover yourself and boost your confidence instantaneously for moms and all busy people in Los Angeles. Let’s look at how beauty is really confidence boosters.
Why We Need Confidence Boosters
We’re human. Plain and simple. We will have highs and lows. Whether that’s figuring out what is most is important or teaching our children to be confident, we will have ups and downs. Having go-to confidence boosters is a way of us preparing ourselves for the reality of life.
A key factor in boosting your confidence is simply looking the part. It’s called ‘enclothed cognition’ and it’s a principle that has been studied by psychologists for years. The idea is simple: When we wear certain clothes, we actually begin to embody the attributes of those clothes. For example, if you put on a pair of yoga pants, you may feel more flexible or calm compared to wearing jeans.
The crazy thing is that this even happens when we don’t realize it’s happening! In one study, researchers had participants wear either a white lab coat or their regular street clothes while performing various tasks. Those who wore the lab coat performed significantly better on tasks requiring attention than those who didn’t, even though they didn’t know they were wearing it!
Beautiful, confidence is contagious. Confidence makes you more motivated and productive. Confidence helps you focus on what’s important, not your imperfections or flaws. Let’s protect it.
Confidence Booster for yourself
We as women spend so much time getting dressed up to impress others that we forget to dress up for ourselves. Let’s start intentionally doing more for us. It can be as simple as switching up vivid color nail from just your reguler nude color or your long heavy eyelash desigh to natural. The key to looking great and allowing your style to boost your confidence is choosing your style that fit your look and feeling. Once you start doing that, you won’t have to worry about trends or labels – because you’ll know what looks great on you!
You’ll be surprised at how much you can love yourself when you look and feel great! When you feel good about the way you look, it enhances and boosts your confidence. In fact, it may be playing a bigger role in your confidence — or lack thereof — than you realize.
Self Care Tips
1. Hair Care
Ready to level up your hair mask game? Try leaving your mask in for a few hours or even overnight. Work a generous dollop of a hair mask, like this Brazillian Blowout, Deep Conditioning Masque from roots to tips of damp, towel-dried hair. Then here comes the pro trick—wrap all your hair up in the ETTITUDE Waffle Hair Towel. Not only will it keep your hair out of the way while it’s being treated, but it’ll also help contain some of the heat from your scalp which will only help the mask penetrate even better.
2. Move your body
While exercise has obvious physical health benefits, rigorous activity—whether it’s a long walk, a mini dance party, or impromptu planks—also has some major benefits for your mental health.
3. Play With Makeup
Taking care of yourself doesn’t always have to be practical. Playing with makeup can be a fun way to de-stress, test your creative limits, and try a bold new look. Even if you don’t leave the house in your gold eye makeup, or if all your grunge makeup looks are saved in a secret selfie folder, making time to treat yourself is an outstanding way to practice personal care. Take a peek at our favorite rose gold eye makeup looks, and use the Anastasia Bevery Hills modern renaissance eyeshadow palette to achieve the one that speaks to you the most.
4. Get creative
Skip the screen time and becreative. Paint, draw, write, or make something with your hands.
5. Pamper yourself
Sometimes taking care of your beauty falls to the very bottom of your to-do list, especially when you’re busy checking in with loved ones and putting out fires at work.T reat yourself to a massage, a manicure, or a spa day.
6. Try something new
When the days start to blend together, it’s hard to feel like you’ve had any major accomplishments. It sounds cheesy, but trying something new can be an easy way to challenge yourself. From conquering a new route for work to ordering a different flavor of coffee or swiping on some red lipstick, adding an element of surprise to your day can help you feel inspired. We love finding new classes in local with Mind Body App.
7. Get enough sleep
Research shows that we’re supposed to be getting a whopping seven to nine hours of sleep for our body to fully recover from the day. While that might be more than your current late-night social media scrolling allows, snoozing is important for your physical and mental well-being, allowing your body to rest and reset.
8. Give Yourself a Face Massage
After a long day of smiling, frowning, and delivering some powerful RBF, your facial muscles are tuckered out. Grab a face roller, like Rose Quartz Facial Roller, or even some frozen facial globes and gently roll it across your face to soothe your muscles and stress levels.
9. Power Colors
Choosing power colors can make you feel more powerful and confident too. Red, yellow, and orange are some of the best power colors that have been linked to higher levels of confidence in both men and women. However, any color that makes you feel good about yourself will work to boost your self-esteem.
10. Scalp Care
Never heard of a head spa? Head spas are a holistic approach to enhancing your scalp and hair health using personalized hair topicals, deep tissue scalp massages, and relaxation rituals.
Using Beauty, Self-Care, & Wellness as Confidence Boosters
Self-care is especially important for moms who do it all because we can easily lose our sense of self when we have children. It’s so easy to get caught up in the busyness of life — carting kids everywhere, making sure everyone has what they need, and keeping the house in order.
It’s not just about looking good but feeling good. The two go hand in hand. After all, how you feel inside is what shows on the outside.
Ultimately, we as women are capable of so much more than we realize. We have the potential to become true leaders and game-changers in our communities and within the world at large. I hope that the information and tips will give you a renewed sense of your own potential, and help you gain the confidence you need.